where could I go to help me off on the right foot with drawing with a tablet so that I don't end up with massive sameface/terrible anatomy or the general contents of this thread?

drawing from life, doing studies, learning about and at least trying to understand color theory and composition, and in terms of preventing sameface, learning about little things that make people look distinct is probably good too.

and by no means should you ever expect your work to be perfect the first time.

of course i shouldn't be talking, i should be doing these things myself. but those are the things i usually hear from people whose skills are far more advanced than mine are.

drawing from life, doing studies, learning about and at least trying to understand color theory and composition, and in terms of preventing sameface, learning about little things that make people look distinct is probably good too.

and by no means should you ever expect your work to be perfect the first time.

of course i shouldn't be talking, i should be doing these things myself. but those are the things i usually hear from people whose skills are far more advanced than mine are.

I haven't really ever drawn before, I just wanted some advice on what to do to start, I would by lying if I said my current artistic ability is any better than it was when I was 6.

And I know that it should by no means be perfect on the first try, that never happens ever.

I haven't really ever drawn before, I just wanted some advice on what to do to start, I would by lying if I said my current artistic ability is any better than it was when I was 6.

And I know that it should by no means be perfect on the first try, that never happens ever.

If you have a 3DS, I highly recommend Colors!3D.
It's a really nifty little program, I used it to do stuff like this, which I think came out pretty nice:

I enjoy drawing (not looking to make a living at it or anything, it's just something I find fun), so I love threads like these.
There's some amazing stuff out there that makes me feel all sad and inferior, but then I look at the stuff in this thread and it boosts my self-esteem right on up.

I like how you could swap the "guy" ponies with the "girl" ponies and you wouldn't be able to tell the difference.
Also, has anyone else noticed how official characters from the show actually look like they're designed by people who do this for a living, but OCs are just mishmashes of random colors and doodads so they look like an MSPaint clusterfuck?

Of course, if you think DeviantArt is bad, check out the Colors! community...http://colorslive.com/details/412538...1_by_diale.php
*those comments*Yikes. Not to mention, 90% of it is either LOL MEMES, IS SAW THIS ON REDDIT, mspaint shit, or talentless traces. There's some good stuff (ie. pretty much anything the folks on FP do), but it's all so so rare.

I checked out his deviantArt page and he's apparently taken down the mlp shops.
There's also several people who are pickingonhim.
No elegance to it either, just "autism autism autism kill urself fag heh".
He's being defended by his friend "Killercroc024" who is a goldmine himself.

I checked out his deviantArt page and he's apparently taken down the mlp shops.
There's also several people who are pickingonhim.
No elegance to it either, just "autism autism autism kill urself fag heh".
He's being defended by his friend "Killercroc024" who is a goldmine himself.

ooh come on, how can you even be that bad at drawing.

I drew the first thing I have ever drawn on anything today and it was better than that.